10 Things You Probably Don’t Know About Me

Just for fun, here are 10 things you probably don’t know about me, Linda.

10 Things You Probably Don’t Know About Me

1. I have always disliked the name Linda. I guess because there were always so many other Lindas in school. I don’t dislike it enough to pay to change it, though. lol

2. I always wanted to have 10 kids. Even when I was a teenager. I wanted to adopt them all. God had other plans, though. He gave us 6 biological children.

3. I won a beauty pageant when I was in kindergarten. Our Little Miss for Kentucky. I was supposed to go on to nationals in Texas, but my parents didn’t want it to go to my head, lol, so we didn’t go. I never would have gone on to more pageants in my teenage years. I would have hated being up in front of all those people.

4. In Junior High Home Ec, we have to do a fashion show with the clothing items we had sewn. I made a dress for myself and shorts and a shirt for my little brother, around 4 or so at the time, and made him go up on stage with me. See No. 3 above. lol

5. I’m a perfectionist. So bad that I have to leave the room when the kids are doing a project or a chore. Otherwise, I have to tell them how to do it “the right way”.

6. When I read the obituaries, I scan down them to check on the ages of the people. I guess that’s because my son had cancer. He is a survivor, but I still do this. I didn’t do it before his cancer. That’s the only explanation I can think of.

7. I love to cook and bake. I show people that I care about them by feeding them good food. 🙂  But some days, I just don’t want to cook anymore!

8. I knew since I was a teenager that I was going to homeschool my children. I have no idea where I even heard about homeschooling from. I just always knew I was going to do it. And I have since my oldest started kindergarten in 1991, but really since birth. That would mean I’ll soon be starting my 23 homeschool year!

9. I am a middle child. With an older and younger brothers. I really feel that I missed out by not having a sister.

10. I’m old. 51 years old to be exact. And my kids are ages 28, 26, 19, 18, 15, 14. And I have the gray hairs to prove it! lol